As Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, you’ll support the mission and goals of KIB through fund development efforts, specifically by managing our corporate and foundation partners program. You’ll help shape our corporate and foundation solicitation and stewardship plans, including corporate days of service, sponsorship opportunities and innovative funder activations. You will have the opportunity to gain professional fulfillment through this role, such as participating in organization-wide diversity and inclusion efforts and other committees inside and outside of KIB. You’ll serve as a decision-maker and leader among staff as you raise over $1.6 million annually for KIB.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Corporate and Foundation Fund Development:

In concert with the Senior Vice President of Development and External Affairs and the Development team, create and implement short- and long-term action plans for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding gifts at all levels from corporations, foundations, and governmental agencies;

Oversee corporate sponsorship solicitations/proposals to obtain revenue for general operating expenses, special projects, and events;

Supervise the Grants Manager to oversee the preparation and submission of grant proposals and reports;

Meet regularly with corporate and foundation representatives, engaging other staff as appropriate;

Participate in planning and executing special events;

Work collaboratively across all KIB departments to ensure we achieve overall fundraising goals;

Serve as a leader among staff, setting an example for teamwork.

Organizational Roles

Report directly to the Senior Vice President of Development and External Affairs, taking a leadership role among others in the reporting line;

Work with the Development & Marketing team to support fundraising, assisting with communications and events (this position works particularly closely with the Director of Marketing, especially when managing corporate relationships with both marketing and fundraising benefits and deliverables);

Meet regularly with managers and program staff across all departments to ensure consistent development support of programs and priority projects;

Coordinate closely with the Director of Volunteers to ensure smooth communication throughout recruitment and execution of corporate days of service;

Directly support KIB’s President and Senior Vice President of Development and External Affairs as needed.

Assist with department recruiting and hiring as needed; assist with recruiting and supervising department interns as needed.

Planning and budgeting

Develop and monitor annual income and expense budgets related to corporate and foundation fundraising;

We will give consideration to all candidates who can demonstrate success representing his or her organization to business contacts and achieving goals. Therefore, equivalent experience may include, but is not limited to: sales, marketing and/or community/public relations